ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 186, 24 December 1912, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EMPIRE PICTURE PALACE. The management are to-d.:v running a continu-us picture entertainment, starting at 12 noon, and continuing all the afternoon and evening until 11 pni The entertainment will be run on exacth' the same lines as the all-day shows in the cities, Patrons can go in when they like and come put when they please, but whenever .they enter the Theatre they can still see'the full programme. Thi» W -ll be t a weloome boon for parents busy with the Xmas shopping. They can drop into the Empire any time during the Afternoon or night, have a quiet rest and let the little ones enjoy the splendid programme of moving pictures. On Boxing night another . complete new programme will be shown, including the great Kaiem masterpiece, "A Tragedy of the Desert," evary scene of which was made m Luxor, Egypt, on a special trip by the Kalem Players* to the Great Sands of the Sahara Desert. Other items iin this star programme are: "The Black Sheep" (A.B. drama), "The Passing Shadow" (S. and A. drama), and "The Price of Art" (Selig feature drama). The interest portion includes 'Talmouta to Tintagel" and "The London Firo Brigade," and the comedy section is well represented with "Grontan's Inheritance, ' "Honcvmnonors." and "The Wooden Indian." There will be no pictures at the Empire on Wednesday. Xmas night. THEATRE ROYAL PICTURES.

The new programme screened at the Theatre Royal last evening was anothev magnificent selection of animated photographic gems that could not possibly be bettered. A fine portrayal is the Edison film "Nerves and the Man," depicting the trouble of a man who, having lost his work, finds himself suddenly faced with illness in hie household. Of an entirely different theme, but keenly exis the Selig picture "The Girl at the Cupola," a typical American storr where the right man manages an industrial dispute in the proper way and marries the proprietor's daughter. "The* Girl at the Cupola" makes the subject tor one of the most exciting pictures wo have ever seen. All the remaining pictures are worth special mention if spaceallowed, particularly the Lubin drama Trustees .if the Law" and Selig's comedy drama "Captain of the Nancy Lee." J he full programme will be repeated for the last time to-night.